>>sure, if your time is worthless. you can easily burn a couple hours >>recapping a motherboard, which typically exceeds the boards worth. > > Amen. It's not enough to replace the bulging caps - you need to replace > all > the caps of the same brand as the damaged ones. Otherwise you'll just be > doing it again later. > > And after ordering the exact replacements, and soldering them in, you've > been down for days/weeks, and you'll lucky if it hasn't been damaged in > other ways from lack of filtered power. > > Recycle the motherboard (its hazardous waste) and buy a modern one. > > By the way - don't forget to check the caps inside the PSU. Very true. Had one server two weeks ago with a broken PSU because of caps. Only after moving it, it showed because it rebooted several times even before completing POST, and then stopped completely. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- L. de Braal BraHa Systems NL - Terneuzen T +31 115 649333 F +31 115 649444